OT: No Poll - Just post your favorite/most memorable song lyrics line...
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It's a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Over the counter, with a shotgun
Pretty soon, everybody's got one
Johnny, take a dive with your sister in the rain
Let her talk about the things you can't explain
To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal
If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel
On your knees, boy
I believe in the kingdom come
Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
Sky falls, you feel like
It's a beautiful day
Don't let it get away
Over the counter, with a shotgun
Pretty soon, everybody's got one
Johnny, take a dive with your sister in the rain
Let her talk about the things you can't explain
To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal
If you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel
On your knees, boy
I believe in the kingdom come
Then all the colors will bleed into one
Bleed into one
I don’t know where we went wrong
But the feeling’s gone
And I just can’t get it back.
I found a diary underneath a tree
And started reading about me...
So far away
Doesn’t anyone stay in one place anymore?
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
Same song:
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At seven PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya"
But the feeling’s gone
And I just can’t get it back.
I found a diary underneath a tree
And started reading about me...
So far away
Doesn’t anyone stay in one place anymore?
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they called Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
Same song:
When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck sayin'
"Fellas, it's too rough to feed ya"
At seven PM, a main hatchway caved in, he said
"Fellas, it's been good to know ya"
You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips
And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips
And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips
Pretty much any song by Warren Zevon, whose sense of humor was a sharp, if a bit warped. (God rest his soul. ) Especially "Excitable Boy" and "Werewolves of London." I mean, what other mind would come up with a song line like "Then he raped her and killed her and he took her home. Excitable boy, they all said." Wut?!
"Woke up this morning feeling fine,
There's something special on my mind,
Last night I met a new girl in the neighborhood,
Something tells me I'm into something good"
Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits
#1 in England, # 4 in the USA, my fav. song of the era, sang it to my wife at her workplace on the 40th anniversary of our first date. The 50th anniversary is this October, I'll have to come up with something to top the last big anniversary.
There's something special on my mind,
Last night I met a new girl in the neighborhood,
Something tells me I'm into something good"
Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits
#1 in England, # 4 in the USA, my fav. song of the era, sang it to my wife at her workplace on the 40th anniversary of our first date. The 50th anniversary is this October, I'll have to come up with something to top the last big anniversary.
Even though they didn't write their own songs, they belong in the stupid rrhof. W/out question imo.
There's an old man sittin' next to me
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
He says: "Son can you play me a memory?"
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes
Same song:
And the piano it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say man what are you doin' here?
Makin' love to his tonic and gin
He says: "Son can you play me a memory?"
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet and I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes
Same song:
And the piano it sounds like a carnival
And the microphone smells like a beer
And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar
And say man what are you doin' here?
and the sign said "the words of the prophets are written
on subway walls and tenement halls",
echoing the sounds of silence.
"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see"...
John Lennon, Strawberry Fields Forever.
"You can blow out a candle
But you can't blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher"
Peter Gabriel, Biko
John Lennon, Strawberry Fields Forever.
"You can blow out a candle
But you can't blow out a fire
Once the flames begin to catch
The wind will blow it higher"
Peter Gabriel, Biko
“When you’re doing simple things around the house
Maybe you’ll think of me and smile
You know I’m tied to you like the buttons on your blouse
Keep me in your heart for a while”
-Warren Zevon “ Keep me in you heart”
I listened to that song over and over when Joe passed I always imagined him saying those words to Sue.
Miss the old guy.
Maybe you’ll think of me and smile
You know I’m tied to you like the buttons on your blouse
Keep me in your heart for a while”
-Warren Zevon “ Keep me in you heart”
I listened to that song over and over when Joe passed I always imagined him saying those words to Sue.
Miss the old guy.
That song can absolutely crush me. I’m not a crier by any means but I’ve probably shed more tears listening to that song than anything else in my life. So poignant, simple, and beautiful.
This popped up on a playlist shuffle this morning from a band from a small town in Kentucky called Zoe Speaks. Song is called Pearl, if you wanted to find it:
Pearl, look at the way you’re dressed
Hair in your face and your life’s a mess
Your whisper sounds like a cigarette
But you swear you’re comfortable where you’re at
Pearl, look at the way you’re dressed
Hair in your face and your life’s a mess
Your whisper sounds like a cigarette
But you swear you’re comfortable where you’re at
Willie and Glen did a great rendition of that song right before Glen wound up in the ALZ home. Look it up on youtube sometime.
"Got damn, I declare- have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is 'don't tread on me'"
-Jerry Garcia
Their walls are built of cannonballs, their motto is 'don't tread on me'"
-Jerry Garcia
Thanks. Had not heard that version before. Damn. That's touching. Love that song. W.C. Clark did a real nice version on Austin City Limits back in 1990.
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Richard Harris's MacArthur Park
... "Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again" ...
Richard Harris's There are too many Saviors on my Cross (several passages)
"I am not in heaven I am here,
hear me I am in you,
feel me I am of you,
be me I am with you,
see me I am for you,
need me I am all mankind
Only through kindness will you reach me"
"There is no virgin willing to conceive in the heat of any Bloody Sunday"
"I am not orange, I am not green I am a half-ripe fruit, needing both colours to grow into ripeness
And shame on you to have withered my orchard
I, in my poverty, alone without trust Cry shame on you and shame on you again and again
For converting me into a bullet and shooting me into men's hearts"
... "Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again" ...
Richard Harris's There are too many Saviors on my Cross (several passages)
"I am not in heaven I am here,
hear me I am in you,
feel me I am of you,
be me I am with you,
see me I am for you,
need me I am all mankind
Only through kindness will you reach me"
"There is no virgin willing to conceive in the heat of any Bloody Sunday"
"I am not orange, I am not green I am a half-ripe fruit, needing both colours to grow into ripeness
And shame on you to have withered my orchard
I, in my poverty, alone without trust Cry shame on you and shame on you again and again
For converting me into a bullet and shooting me into men's hearts"
You mean Jimmy Webb's MacArthur Park...
my favorite line that Bob Dylan wrote:
Also, why does this thread stay up, but the moderators delete a thread about inflation and interest rates? The only explanation is overzealous mods who are frightened off by things they don't totally understand. Which appears to be many things
In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand at the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not that I'd become my enemy in the instant that I preach
My existence led by confusion boats, mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now
Also, why does this thread stay up, but the moderators delete a thread about inflation and interest rates? The only explanation is overzealous mods who are frightened off by things they don't totally understand. Which appears to be many things
Well I came home
Like a stone
And I fell heavy into your arms
These days of dust
Which we've known
Will blow away with this new sun
But I'll kneel down wait for now
And I'll kneel down
Know my ground
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
So break my step
And relent
Well you forgave and I won't forget
Know what we've seen
And him with less
Now in some way
Shake the excess
Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
Now I'll be bold
As well as strong
And use my head alongside my heart
So tame my flesh
And fix my eyes
A tethered mind, freed from the lies
And I'll kneel down
Wait for now
I'll kneel down
Know my ground
Raise my hands
Paint my spirit gold
And bow my head
Keep my heart slow
Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
Like a stone
And I fell heavy into your arms
These days of dust
Which we've known
Will blow away with this new sun
But I'll kneel down wait for now
And I'll kneel down
Know my ground
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
So break my step
And relent
Well you forgave and I won't forget
Know what we've seen
And him with less
Now in some way
Shake the excess
Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
Now I'll be bold
As well as strong
And use my head alongside my heart
So tame my flesh
And fix my eyes
A tethered mind, freed from the lies
And I'll kneel down
Wait for now
I'll kneel down
Know my ground
Raise my hands
Paint my spirit gold
And bow my head
Keep my heart slow
Cause I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
And I will wait, I will wait for you
written by American singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb; sung by Richard Harris most notably.
I think Donna Summer had a bigger hit with it. Glen Campbell always performed it the best. Love Richard Harris' rendition, but Glen did it w/ kickass guitar solos.
“You ain't a beauty, but, hey, you're alright
Oh, and that's alright with me”
Oh, and that's alright with me”
“The ones who love us best, are the ones we’ll lay to rest…and visit their graves on holidays, at best.
The ones who love us least, are the ones we’ll die to please…if it’s any consolation, I don’t pretend to understand it.”
The ones who love us least, are the ones we’ll die to please…if it’s any consolation, I don’t pretend to understand it.”
This is Kansas. "Sparks of the Tempest" from Point of Know Return written about '76 or '77. Pretty popular album but this was a deep track. Very Nostradamus-ish of them. Good guitar lick in the outro.
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The sparks of the tempest rage a hundred years on
The voice of the dreamer screams, the cause of the pawn
The King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same
The difference between us is a part of the game
Darkness is spreading like a spot on the sun
The dead are the living in the age of the gun
While everyone clamors for the justice they seek
The world is corrupted and the strong take the weak
They mold you and shape you, they watch what you do
The sparks of the tempest are burnin' you through
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
Though they may promise, they only bring pain
The future is managed, and your freedom's a joke
You don't know the difference as you put on the yoke
The less that you know, more you fall into place
A cog in the wheel, there is no soul in your face
Run for the cover, Millennium's here
Bearing the standard of confusion and fear
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
Though they may promise, they only bring pain
Blood in the sand, cry in the street
Now the cycle is nearly complete
Ten thousand years, nothing was learned
No turning back, now the wheel has turned
Big brother is watching and he likes what he sees
A world for the taking, when he's ready to squeeze
King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same
The difference between us is a part of the game
Soothsayer saying now tell me no lies
What is the madness that is filling the skies
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
Though they may promise, they only bring pain
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The sparks of the tempest rage a hundred years on
The voice of the dreamer screams, the cause of the pawn
The King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same
The difference between us is a part of the game
Darkness is spreading like a spot on the sun
The dead are the living in the age of the gun
While everyone clamors for the justice they seek
The world is corrupted and the strong take the weak
They mold you and shape you, they watch what you do
The sparks of the tempest are burnin' you through
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
Though they may promise, they only bring pain
The future is managed, and your freedom's a joke
You don't know the difference as you put on the yoke
The less that you know, more you fall into place
A cog in the wheel, there is no soul in your face
Run for the cover, Millennium's here
Bearing the standard of confusion and fear
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
Though they may promise, they only bring pain
Blood in the sand, cry in the street
Now the cycle is nearly complete
Ten thousand years, nothing was learned
No turning back, now the wheel has turned
Big brother is watching and he likes what he sees
A world for the taking, when he's ready to squeeze
King and the Queen are gone, each piece is the same
The difference between us is a part of the game
Soothsayer saying now tell me no lies
What is the madness that is filling the skies
Spreading like wildfire, fallin' like rain
Though they may promise, they only bring pain
She was a black haired beauty with big dark eyes
And points all her own, sitting way up high
Way up firm and high
Get up in the mornin', look in the mirror
I'm worn as her tooth brush hangin' in the stand, yeah
My face ain't lookin' any younger
Now I can see love's taken her toll on me
And points all her own, sitting way up high
Way up firm and high
Get up in the mornin', look in the mirror
I'm worn as her tooth brush hangin' in the stand, yeah
My face ain't lookin' any younger
Now I can see love's taken her toll on me
From (the beautiful and talented) Ashley Campbell - Remembering (a song that anyone ever affected by ALZ should look up on youtube):
We can talk until you can't even remember my name
Daddy don't you worry, I'll do the remembering
We can talk until you can't even remember my name
Daddy don't you worry, I'll do the remembering
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My high school friends and I were huge Kansas fans. I saw them at the Villanova Field House in 1976. Masque was the album they were promoting. We saw them five times after that. New Years Eve at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby on December 31, 1976 was my favorite show. The Point of No Return album was the last one that I liked. "Closet Chronicles," also on Point of No Return, has good lyrics too, and Steve Walsh delivers a great vocal on it. I thought that Monolith was a pretty big drop off from the first five albums. Just my opinion though.
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